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Day: February 1, 2009

The Chicago Tribune and Algeria’s biggest francophone newspaper El Watan have revealed the identity of the man accused of drugging and raping women in Algeria. He is (now former) CIA Station Chief Andrew Warren.

Chicago Tribune:

Warren was described as a highly gifted officer, a convert to Islam who demonstrated a rare ability to blend in among Muslim communities.

“He is exactly the guy we need out in the field,” said a senior U.S. government official who had met with the accused officer in Algiers last summer before the scandal emerged. “He’s African-American. He’s Muslim. He speaks the language.”

“People who have talked to him say he has denied” the assault allegations, said the former CIA official. In an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Warren said “he had engaged in consensual sexual intercourse” with the women.

Why the big deal in American press that this man converted to Islam? That has absolutely nothing to do with the accusations or the investigation. Is it supposed to be a curiosity that an American would choose to be Muslim?

One woman, who has leveled accusations against Warren, said that after drinking “un cocktail à base de whisky et de Coca-Cola” she felt nauseous and Warren invited her to spend the night until she felt better. The next morning, “elle s’est retrouvée allongée sur un lit, totalement nue, seule, avec des maux de tête et des douleurs vaginales”

I’m no accomplished French speaker, but I believe that means that she woke up on a bed, naked and alone, with a headache and vaginal pain.